NEWS + PROFILES – Kirsten Dobroth

With Smiles And Waves, City Of Rifle Unveils Public Kindness Campaign

You can listen to the story at aspenpublicradio.org Even before the pandemic effectively scuttled human interaction, city officials in Rifle say they noticed that neighbors just weren’t being that neighborly anymore. People were looking at their phones instead of saying hello to each other on the street; COVID-19 only made things worse. “Many people are […]

by Kirsten Dobroth

Pulling for a Cure

Published in the Midwinter/Spring 2020 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine Chances are that if you found yourself snowshoeing or backcountry skiing this past holiday season somewhere around Camp Hale—a snowy plateau at the foot of Tennessee Pass that served as a proving ground for World War II’s 10th Mountain Division soldiers—you probably passed Alison Reynolds on the skin […]

by Kirsten Dobroth

These Young Colorado Farmers Are Changing the Future of Agriculture

Published on 5280.com Standing atop a wind-whipped hill that cuts through his 14 acres outside of Lyons, Nick DiDomenico points to a barren brown patch visible just across Highway 36. That’s how his land looked when he bought the parcel—a plot he named Elk Run Farm—back in 2015. “Nobody had farmed here for the last […]

by Kirsten Dobroth

These Legislative Initiatives Could Help Colorado’s Young Farmers

Published on 5280.com In July, Longmont resident and farm manager Meri Lillia Mullins testified before the House Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade, and Entrepreneurship in Washington, D.C. about the financial dilemmas she faces today as a young farmer: “I have a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Environmental Engineering from the University of Toledo … Following college, I […]

by Kirsten Dobroth

Who Are Colorado’s Next Generation of Farmers?

Published on 5280.com Ben Gillespie isn’t like most 28-year-olds who call Colorado home. He lives on a farm owned and leased by his family west of the Continental Divide, where he spends his days tending to more than 200 acres. At the Living Farm, four generations of his family have raised sheep, cows, poultry, and pigs. […]

by Kirsten Dobroth

Women’s Ski Pioneer Makes First Tracks on the Hill and in the Sports World

Photography by Ryan Dearth | Published in the Midwinter/Spring 2017 issue of Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine “Timing in my life was really fortunate; I was the first to run a women’s ski camp, I was the first to be in big ski movies with Greg Stump, I was one of the only girls who went to the World Extreme Ski Championships in […]